Canesister's 2019 farm journal

canesisters said:

@baymule I was saying that exact thing last night and my friend said 'SEE!! I keep telling you to go on a keto diet - beef, eggs, cheese & chicken. You'd barely have to buy anything."

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no diet is complete without beans. IMO ... ahem... lol

i mean for entertainment purposes alone they're worth it...

We used to picket our horses at CW Reenactments. The US Cavalry soldier carried a ~14inch steel picket pin that had an 8-shaped swivel near the top, and attached a 30 ft rope to same. The rope had a brass snap to it. You pounded the picket pin into the ground, leaving about 3 inches below the swivel, hooked the snap, like a lead rope, to the horse's halter, and let him graze a circle around the pin, then moved the pin and horse when he needed more grass. First time they would burn their pasterns, but they got used to it, and those horses that didn't panic when they caught a foot learned faster.
It is a LOT cheaper than building new fencing.
So is a cattle halter.
https://www.outfitterssupply.com/TrailMax-Steel-Picket-Pin/productinfo/WPH154/
$34.00
Buy the rope at your local livestock store and buy a bull snap.
I have ALWAYS used bull snaps for my horses bc I would never know if I was buying a horse that would fight the lead and bull snaps hold up.

I like that idea, tie that stinker out!

Skipping WAY WAY ahead
Selling the calf never got a serious inquiry She went to the processor last Wed at 11months old and 830lbs 'walking' weight (490 hanging weight) which was pretty darn good considering the challenges I've had finding and transport 'decent' hay, and having to keep her confined.
It has been a LONG winter. She was aggressive to the point of being hazardous. She was also so aggressive when nursing that I had bribe Eva to get her to go in at night.
It was weird, Eva called a few times over about half an hour and was done. I think she was glad to have her gone too.
But that means that I'm back on milking duty. Still so proud of my little 1/2beef 'mutt' cow. 11 months in and I got 1.5gallons Sunday night.

I've got cheese making supplies on the way. Until then, I'm making versions of paneer almost nightly.
Paneer marinating in olive oil & seasonings.. paneer in brine (hoping for a feta type result).. paneer getting salted and seasoned before going to curds..
Rennet should be here today so Mozzarella is next... lbs and lbs of mozzarella

You have way more perseverance than I have. I’d sold both long ago.....

Cheese goes great with steak!

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That looks like an old ad, where did it come from?
Oddly, Junket is one of the items I'm waiting on -and the packaging is exactly the same.

Isn't Junket still on every store shelf ? Picture's from a Cooperative Extension website, Debbie.

If you bought a large enuf package of Junket during the 50's, there was a storybook for the kids. Of course, custard was an important interest . We had lots of milk when I was a kid - probably why I wear a #13 shoe.

I put cream cheese on my homemade bread for breakfast this morning. I wonder how that is made ...

Steve